Posted in July 2017 …

I had an awesome time at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference! You may know that I am a major fan of this conference. I first attended the BLC conference back in 2010. I’ve attended almost every year again since then. This year, I enjoyed fantastic sessions, awesome keynotes, and fabulous conversations with some seriously cool … Continue reading →

I am excited to be at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference again! This conference is certainly one of my favorites and I credit it with inspiring me to change my classroom forever (see: memories of how my adventures in #flipclass began). I’ll definitely be sharing a lot this week on this blog and through … Continue reading →

Since I am at the Building Learning Communities Conference this week, I thought it would be fun to try and use Flipgrid to gather some conference reflections and highlights. #BLC17 Highlights Flipgrid The main purpose of setting this up is: for conference participants to capture their own thoughts based on sessions attended, as a reminder … Continue reading →

This week, I had the chance to guest host #Vedchat. The questions I chose revolve around how we are teaching our students to communicate in math class, how we are shifting math mindsets, how we are making learning math more visual, and how Flipgrid can be a tool to help us take our classroom to … Continue reading →

One of the questions I most frequently get asked is what tools I use to make my flipped classroom videos. It took me a number of years to perfect my flow, to be honest. One of my major issues was that I use a Mac but in making my math videos, I absolutely needed a … Continue reading →

I don’t make genius decks. Most of them are quite simple and ordinary. For me, it’s more about the way that I use Pear Deck itself to engage each student in the classroom, get a sense of individual and group needs, highlight student work anonymously, allow students to ask questions without having to raise their hand, … Continue reading →

I recently saw the See How Well You Can Draw All 50 States quiz posted and immediately thought that this idea could be extended into a fun beginning of the year geography challenge using Pear Deck. Let me explain… The challenge: as a class, create a complete sketch of the state borders in the outline of … Continue reading →